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Edward Tolman
Also Known As Edward Chace Tolman
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Edward Tolman (1886-1959) was an American psychologist who developed purposive behaviorism, arguing that animals learn flexible knowledge about their environment, formalized in his 1948 concept of the cognitive map, rather than merely acquiring automatic stimulus-response habits.
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BirthplaceWest Newton, Massachusetts 1 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionDeveloped purposive behaviorism, proposing that animals learn flexible internal knowledge of their environment, formalized as cognitive maps, rather than merely automatic stimulus-response habits. 1 Notable WorkCognitive Maps in Rats and Men (1948) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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November 19, 1959
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animals could learn facts about the world that they could subsequently use in a flexible manner
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Through Tolman's theories and works, he founded what is now a branch of psychology known as purposive behaviorism.
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